Hon. Stephen E. Haberfeld (Ret.)

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Hon. Stephen E. Haberfeld (Ret.) brings a wealth of talent and accomplishment and more than 30 years of ADR or judicial experience to each employment engagement.

He has a reputation among seasoned practitioners for making correct, thoughtful, and well-reasoned decisions and for conducting all proceedings fairly, civilly, and efficiently. Judge Haberfeld is a former U.S. Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and was an Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor in Washington, D.C.

Frequently selected to resolve complex and highly contentious employment disputes, Judge Haberfeld’s expertise as an arbitrator and mediator extends across a broad range of matters, including national, statewide, and multi-county employment class actions. Judge Haberfeld has taught at Pepperdine Law School and has been an instructor at advanced arbitrator institutes. He also has been a lecturer on arbitration to experienced and sophisticated fellow arbitrators.

Representative Matters

Arbitrator of California statewide wage-and-hour class action

Arbitrator of dispute over allegedly discriminatorily coerced departure of nationally-known attorney from famed international law firm

Arbitrator of contract dispute over abrupt departure to a rival Spanish-language radio station of popular "morning drive" radio personality

Arbitrator of dispute over termination of bond trader for insubordination in allegedly failing to timely and adequately cover hundreds of millions in exposure resulting from earlier trades

Arbitrator of dispute over termination of principal of well-known merged Hollywood talent agency

Arbitrator of disputes concerning whether employee terminated "for cause" or under "morals clause" or otherwise, as affecting monetary and other substantial contractual benefits

Arbitrator of dispute over company's allegedly discriminatory refusal to hire "temp" as permanent full-time employee, whose name appeared on U.S. Government list of people disqualified from employment involving interaction with and programs of specific governmental departments and agencies

Mediator of numerous U.S. Postal Service employment disputes, involving EEO and other labor-management issues at initial and more advanced stages of proceedings

Member of three-person international arbitration panel in dispute concerning termination of CEO of cosmetics subsidiaries of famous multinational luxury goods corporation

Sole arbitrator of dispute concerning termination of radio station general manager

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